Window shade and curtain fixture



Se t. 12, 1933. s. M. DAVIS WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE Filed March 29, 1932 Patented Sept. 12, 1933 stares iezazti PAT or ies This invention relates to window shade and curtain fixtures, and it is primarily an object of the invention to provide a fixture of this general character comprising parts which may be 5 readily and conveniently applied into working position and which also allow for the eifective support of a shade as well as a curtain or other draperies.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fixture of this kind comprising a plurality of brackets each of which being readily applied and maintained in desired working position without the necessity of using screws or kindred members and which bracket can be readily removed when desired. 7

Furthermore, it is an object of the invention to provide a fixture of this kind comprising a plurality of brackets each of which having in its structure a means for supporting a shade roller, together with means for supporting a curtain or drapery rod and wherein one of the brackets has the curtain or drapery rod pivotally connected therewith.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a fixture which in its construction comprises brackets for supporting a shade roller or rollers together with one or more drapery rods and wherein one of the brackets is provided with means to afford support for the intermediate portion of a drapery rod.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination andarrangement of the several parts of my improved window shade and curtain fixture whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein:-

Figure 1 is a view in top plan illustrating a fixture constructed in accordance with an em-.

Figure 5 is a View in perspective of a second bracket as herein disclosed;

' Figure 6 is a view in perspective of a still further form of bracket as herein embodied;

Figure '7 is a fragmentary view in perspective of the outer end portion of one'of the parallel arms extending out from a bracket;

Figure 8 is a View in elevation of a curtain or drapery rod as herein employed, the intermediate portion being broken away;

Figure 9 is ,a View partly in elevation and partly in section illustrating one of the brackets as herein employed with a drapery rod engaged therewith in accordance with another embodiment of my invention; 1

In the embodiment of my invention as illus trated in Figure 1, I show an assembly for use in connection with two shade rollers. It is believed to be apparent, however, that substantially the same assembly can be used for only one roller and in which event of course the in termediate bracket will be dispensed with and the end brackets properly positioned. It is also believed to be equally obvious that an increased number of shade rollers may be used by employing the required added number of brackets and with the other parts of course of desired lengths and more especially the rodsrfor the curtains and kindred draperies.

.In the present embodiment'of my. invention three different fixtures A, 28 and C are used. The fixture A comprises a body plate 1 of desired dimensions having its side edges definedby the rearwardly directed flanges 2 each of which,

as herein set forth, extending a distance below the plate 1 with, the depending extended porshade roller R. At this time it. is to be par- 9 .ticularly noted that the flattened trunnion of a shade rolleris received within and entirely enclosed by the slot 4. By this arrangement it has been found in practice that the liability of the shade jumping out ofposition is elimi nated. H

The upper portions of the flanges 2 are also defined by the inwardly directed flanges 5 in parallelism with the plate 1 and which coact with said plate .1. to provide grooves to receive the marginal portions of a holding member or plate 6. The lower portion of the plate 6 is formed integral with the block 7 having disposed therethrough the openings 8 for the passage of screws or other members whereby the plate 6 is maintained in desired position upon a window frame or other support with said plate 6 upwardly disposed.

The bracket A is adapted to be slidably engaged from above upon the plate 6 until the lower ends of the flanges 2 contact from above with the upper surface of the block 7. By this means the bracket A is eifectively maintained in working position yet can be readily removed as desired withoutdifficulty.

The plate 1 has projecting forwardly therefrom the arms 9 and 10 arranged in parallelism with the arm 10 terminating a desired distance inwardly of the outer end of the arm 9. The outer end or". each ofthe arms 9 and 10 has pivotally connected thereto, as at 11, an end portion of a solid curtain or drapery rod 12 of any desired material, the opposite or free end portion of which being provided with a laterally disposed open slot 14 to engage and interlock with the outer end portion of an .arm 9 or. 10

carried by a plate 1' comprised in the structure of the bracket 13.

In this embodiment of my invention the outer extremities of each of the arms '9 and 1G is reduced in diameter to provide a restricted portion or neck 11 provided at itsouter end with the oppositely disposed arms or lugs b.

The endof the rod 12 remote from the notch 14 is provided with an elongated slot 14 having its central portion enlarged whereby when the rod 12 is in oneposition therod may be engaged with a restricted portion or neck 11 of an arm 9 or 10 yet when said rod 12 is in. its horizontally disposed or working position the lugs 12 perate eiiestively to hold the rod 12 against displacement.

As in the bracket A, the. arm of the bracket B terminates inwardly of the outer end of the arm 9 and the outer portion of each of these arms 9 and 10 is provided at opposite sides of its vertical center with the notches or recesses 15 with which the outer extremity of a curtain or drapery rod-12 through the medium of the I open slot or recess it effectively interlocks.

The body plate 1 of the bracket B is also provided with the inwardly disposed side flanges 2 having their upper portions provided with the inwardly directed flanges 5' to' provide grooves to receive the opposite side marginal portions is adapted to be received the fixed or stationary trunnion 16 at the end of a shade roller R. remote from the flattened Winding trunnion 17. This braoketB is adapted to be engaged with a plate 6 as is believed to be self-evident. In Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing'I isclose an arrangement wherein a plurality of shade rollers R are used and in which event I employ an intermediate bracket C which in its structure comprises a body plate la having the inwardly disposed side flanges 2a with the upper portions-of these flanges 2a having inwardly directed flanges 5a whereby grooves are provided to enable the bracket C to be engaged with a properly positioned plate 6. In this embodiment of my invention the depending portions of both of the flanges 2a are provided with the outstanding arms 3a, one of which having a closed slot 4a to receive the flattened Winding trunnion of the roller R while the second arm 3a is provided with an open slot 4a to receive the stationary trunnion at the opposite end of the roller. The plate la is also provided with an outwardly disposed arm 9a having its outer end portion downwardly ofiset, as at 10a, said portion 10a being adapted to have rested thereon from above the central or intermediate portions of the curtain or drapery rods.

As disclosed in'Figure 9 of the accompanying drawing, the bracket A is substantially the same as the bracket A hereinbefore referred to but it is to be noted that the drapery rod 12' is provided in one end portion with a relatively large opening 18 to allow said rod 12' to be freely and pivotally engaged with the outer portion of an arm 9 or the second arm carried by said bracket A. The rod 12 is held against displacement from its arm by the head 19 carried by the shank 20 threaded into the outer end portion of the arm 9".

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that a window shade and curtain fixture constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without departing from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:-

1. A shade roller fixture comprising a plate, rearwardly directed flanges defining the edges of the plate; said flanges extending below the plate, inturned flanges disposed along the upper portions of the first named flanges and spaced from and in parallelism with the plate, said last named flanges being engageable with a supporting member to hold the fixture in working position, a forwardly directed arm carried by the lower extended portion of one of the flanges and provided with shade roller engaging means.

2. A combined shade roller and drapery rod fixture comprising a plate,-rearwardly directed flanges defining the side edges of the plate, said flanges extending below the plate, inturned flanges disposed along the upper portions of the first named flanges and spaced from and in parallelism with the plate, said last named flanges being engageable with a supporting vided with shade roller engaging means, an out- J standing arm carried by the plate and disposed in the same general direction as the first named arm, said last named arm having 'means f0 engaging a drapery rod therewith.

SAMUEL M. DAVIS. 

